Four Questions about Beginnings
Monthly Words #1, Option 1.
- Think about your first name. Is there a story behind it? Did your parents ever tell you how they decided to put that on your birth certificate? If no, then research the meaning of that name, and share whether you think it fits or not. Would you rather be known by another name?
My mom tells me that the name given to me at birth was chosen, because a doctor friend of hers was walking on a tropical beach at sunrise, and smelled a spice on the wind. My given name is very hippy-ish and I like it fine, but in the vein of preferring anonymity online, I try to go by “Zan”. - Whether your blog, online journal, or profile is years old, or months young, what was the first entry or status you posted? Do you remember what you were feeling, and experiencing the day that you began typing?
I’ve actually been blogging/online journaling since the year 2000. I have long since deleted that first diary, so I cannot share what I had written then. Not surprising, given that it was 10 years ago. I have an archive of it somewhere but I don’t feel like digging for it, nyah. As far as THIS blog, my first entry was written June 3, 2009, very very early in the morning. I remember wanting to be like one of my online heroes, who has made a life out of blogging (*whispers* and sometimes did sponsored entries), and after dorking around with layouts and Wordpress plugins all night, sat down and actually penned a lackluster first entry. I can’t say whether it’s gotten better than then, but I’m still at it. :P - What are three things that ended in the old year? What are three things that you know or think shall start with the new year?
I signed divorce papers, lost my gallbladder, and the druid moved in, ending my privacy (something I’m happy to have ended, that was a lonely stretch there). I think I shall start my career as an underpaid taxi driver (schlepping the druid to work, natch), perhaps start a secondary career doing something in retail (unless I can make my big break in blogging, aheh), and given the surge of renewed contact with old classmates via Facebook, I imagine there will start (or restart) several friendships not tended to since 1992. - How do you begin each day? What is your morning routine? At what point do you finish waking up and either embrace or brace yourself for the day?
I generally wake up before the druid, I’m not sure why that is. My morning routine consists of using the restroom, combing my hair if it’s been obnoxiously tousled in the night, and plopping down at my computer to make sure the internet still works. If the cat’s in my chair, I must dislodge him first, which involves lots of petting and snookering to soothe his ego after usurping him from his favorite sleeping place. I’ll pad out to the kitchen for edibles somewhere in there, whenever it registers that I’m mildly hungry. Usually oatmeal or cereal, whatever’s in the house. If I’m feeling energetic, I’ll scramble eggs and toast, err, toast.
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